Re: [PATCH] modpost: Add .irqentry.text to OTHER_SECTIONS

On (24/12/01 12:17), Thomas Gleixner wrote:

The compiler can fully inline the actual handler function of an interrupt entry into the .irqentry.text entry point. If such a function contains an access which has an exception table entry, modpost complains about a section mismatch:

WARNING: vmlinux.o(__ex_table+0x447c): Section mismatch in reference ...

The relocation at __ex_table+0x447c references section ".irqentry.text" which is not in the list of authorized sections.

Add .irqentry.text to OTHER_SECTIONS to cure the issue.

This works. In fact, this looks like a local fix which we applied here on our side, but we were very unsure. Thank you Thomas.